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Triple Olympic basketball champion Krzyzewski retires after 47-year university coaching career

  • Basketball

Mike Krzyzewski has put an end to his 47-year coaching career following Duke's loss to the University of North Carolina in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Men's Basketball Tournament semi-finals.

77 defeat to the Tar Heels which prompted Krzyzewski to announce his retirement.The American led the United

States to three consecutive Olympic gold medals at Beijing 2008, London 2012, and Rio de Janeiro 2016

most-successful basketball coaches in history with a glittering college career.Mike Krzyzewski led the United

States to three consecutive Olympic basketball gold medals from 2008 to 2016 as head coach ©Getty ImagesThe


Iimura and Scruggs win individual junior foil titles on fourth day of Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships

  • Fencing

Kazaki Iimura and Lauren Scruggs won men’s and women’s individual junior foil titles on the fourth day of action at the Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships in Dubai.

the semi-final stage An defeated Anas Anane of France 15-9, while Iimura overcame Chase Emmer of the United

States 15-7.As defeated semi-finalists Anane and Emmer both claimed bronze medals.The podium for the


South Korea edge into quarter-finals at FIH Hockey Women's Junior World Cup

  • Hockey

South Korea edged into the quarter-finals of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Women's Junior World Cup despite suffering their second pool phase defeat in Potchefstroom.

India or South Korea in the semi-finals.Pool A winners England are due to take on Pool B runners-up United

States, with Argentina due to face Germany in the last quarter-final.Classification matches are scheduled


France enjoys successful day at Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca Regatta

  • Sailing

France have enjoyed a successful day at the Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca Regatta in Palma in Mallorca with the country leading the standings in three disciplines.

recorded the best results overall to ensure they are above reigning world champion Daniela Moroz of the United

States, who triumphed in the first race.In the men’s iQFOiL, The Netherlands’ Luuc Van Opzeeland is


Berlin Para Swimming World Series leg ends in style with several world records broken

  • Swimming News

The latest Para Swimming World Series leg has ended in style with several world records being broken on the final two days of action in the Europasportpark in the German capital of Berlin.

ratification by World Para Swimming.The final stop of the Para Swimming World Series is Indianapolis in the United

States with competition set to staged between April 7 and 9.


Four new sponsors join North Carolina bid for 2027 Summer World University Games

  • Chungcheong 2027

The North Carolina bid for the 2027 International University Sport Federation (FISU) Summer World University Games struck four new sponsorship deals last month.

and Alamance and has been a long-term sponsorship partners of other sporting events, including the United

States Figure Skating Championships, United States Masters Swimming National Championships and one of


International Gymnastics Federation outlines new commissions to support governance and development

  • Gymnastics

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has announced several commissions which will reportedly support the strengthening of governance and development.

one of the most pressing issues for the sport, following the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal in the United

States, which also led to further welfare scandals emerging in other nations.Mental health has been

events, with operations and relationships with National Federations another main priority.Supporting the United


Women's Basketball World Cup set to expand from 2026

  • Basketball

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Central Board has approved the proposed expansion of the Women's Basketball World Cup 2026 during its first in-person meeting at the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball since September 2019.

women's event will start in the next couple of weeks.Having won gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the United

States managed to secure their place in the upcoming FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup ©Getty ImagesFIBA



Domínguez re-elected CONMEBOL President

  • Football

Alejandro Domínguez has been unanimously re-elected as President of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) until 2027 at the organisation's 75th Ordinary Congress in Doha.

vice-president, was convicted of racketeering conspiracy and two counts of wire fraud conspiracy in the United

States in August 2017 and is currently serving a nine-year prison sentence.


Senators call for expanded investigation into FBI mishandling of Nassar case

  • Gymnastics

United States Senators Richard Blumenthal and Jerry Moran have called for the Department of Justice (

was deemed to have lied to OIG investigators about applying for a top-level security role with the United

States Olympic Committee (USOC) while he was consulting with former USA Gymnastics chief executive Steve

referral," Blumenthal and Moran said.Blackmun resigned 2018, while the USOC has since rebranded as the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC).The OIG report claimed that FBI agents lied to investigators


Share of World Games ticket revenue set to be donated to Ukraine

  • Birmingham 2022

A share of ticket revenue from the Birmingham 2022 World Games is set to be donated rebuilding sporting venues in Ukraine bombed during the ongoing Russian military offensive.

Birmingham 2022 Coordination Commission meeting and also wants to enable Ukraine's athletes to travel to the United

States early to train and prepare for the event."


David Owen: FIFA - an accounting mystery starring "other income"

  • Inside the Blogs

FIFA’s Finance Committee chair Alejandro Domínguez assures us that the world football body is "well on track" to exceed its revenue target of $6.44 billion (£4.9 billion/€5.87 billion) for the 2018-2022 World Cup cycle.

costs of hosting and staging the FIFA Arab Cup 2021, the remission proceeds awarded to FIFA by the United

States Department of Justice as well as other sources of income, such as rent income, termination fees


Irina Slutskaya

  • Universiade Legends

  1999 Winter Universiade, Poprad-Vysoké Tatry: Figure skating: ladies silver.

Final, where she defeated her compatriot and world champion Maria Butyrskaya and Michelle Kwan of the United

States, then midway through a career that would bring her five world titles.This 5ft 3in Moscow-born